One character in this work weaves a history of the reign of her late husband onto a series of eighteen shawls, and a coup d'état against that leader was led by a general called "Old Razor Guts." A rumor about a white panther roaming the countryside is spread in this novel after four men are found decapitated with semen stains on their faces, a crime committed by a character who earlier bit the heads off of 218 turkeys. Another character in this work is the daughter of a theater manager who witnessed her father gruesomely killed. The protagonist is never told which of the sisters Chhunni, Munee, and Bunny is his real mother. Later, that character explodes into a fireball after beheading her husband. Political figures in this novel include Rani and her husband Iskander Harappa, who is deposed by General Raza Hyder. 
One character in this work weaves a history of the reign of her late husband onto a series of eighteen shawls, and a coup d'état against that leader was led by a general called "Old Razor Guts." A rumor about a white panther roaming the countryside is spread in this novel after four men are found decapitated with semen stains on their faces, a crime committed by a character who earlier bit the heads off of 218 turkeys. Another character in this work is the daughter of a theater manager who witnessed her father gruesomely killed. The protagonist is never told which of the sisters Chhunni, Munee, and Bunny is his real mother. Later, that character explodes into a fireball after beheading her husband. Political figures in this novel include Rani and her husband Iskander Harappa, who is deposed by General Raza Hyder. Set in a country called Q. and centering on the relationship between Sufiya Zenobia and Dr. Omar Khayyam Shakil, for 10 points, name this novel about the early politics of Pakistan, written by Salman Rushdie.
One character in this work weaves a history of the reign of her late husband onto a series of eighteen shawls, and a coup d'état against that leader was led by a general called "Old Razor Guts.
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